Terrorism in the Central African Republic

The risk of terrorist attacks in the Central African Republic over the past years can be classified as very high. Compared to other countries, here are many and momentous events. Over the past 5 years a total number of 229 terrorist incidents has been recorded, in which 1764 people have been killed and 851 injured.

In 62 incedents a total of 1436 people have been kidnapped or taken as hostage, though a ransom was rarely (3 times) extorted.

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Most frequent attack targets in the Central African Republic

(2013 to 2017)

Target	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Private citizens	132	1,354	576	1,362
Government	66	239	221	1,049
NGO	12	54	13	8
Religious institutions	12	182	58	32
Police	7	10	5	9
Business	6	8	26	0
Non-state militias	4	195	70	0
Journalists & Media	4	2	2	1
Military	3	2	5	0
Political parties	2	29	25	4

Most affected regions

(2013 to 2017)

Region	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Bangui	63	202	165	47
Ouaka	31	316	127	22
Haut-Mbomou	21	17	4	111
Mbomou	20	171	96	1,025
Ouham	17	82	39	7
Ouham-Pende	12	118	89	0
Haute-Kotto	10	231	117	32
Nana-Grebizi	8	85	73	21
Ombella-M'Poko	7	72	45	19
Nana-Mambere	7	35	23	3
Kemo	6	100	16	0
Basse-Kotto	6	197	28	2
Mambere Kadei	4	79	12	38
Bamingui-Bangoran	2	1	3	3
Lobaye	1	6	1	0
Sangha-Mbaere	1	10	12	0

Terrorist organisations in the Central African Republic

Organisation	Attacks	Killed	Injured	Hostages
Anti-Balaka Militia	69	720	282	1,056
Seleka	30	349	80	141
Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace	4	0	0	0
Fulani extremists	2	13	0	0
Muslim extremists	2	5	21	0
Group of the Fatima Church Attack	1	0	0	2

All information sourced from the "National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism" (START) and its Global Terrorism Database. An act of terrorism is concidered every incident which is aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social goal, but not for pure profit motives. In addition these incidents must not be legitimized by warfare activities, listet in the Geneva Conventions of 1949.